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This event is supported by BCcampus and UVic Libraries. Please join UVic Libraries, ePublishing Services on Thursday, March 7 from 1:00pm-2:30pm PST, for our Open Educational Resources (OER) Showcase! This event, in celebration of Open Education Week 2024, is a panel discussion between UVic authors who have created open textbooks. After the panel discussion, there will be an […]
GenAIs play a crucial role in Open Educational Resources (OER) by improving the accessibility, equity, inclusivity and effectiveness of teaching and learning materials. Through advanced natural language processing and personalised learning algorithms, GenAIs can tailor content to the individual needs of learners, promoting a more adaptive and engaging educational experience. In addition, they contribute to […]
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he shows you how to populate learning trees in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students for the next three years. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is […]
This presentation by Dr. Daniel Wilson, Open Education Librarian at Moreno Valley College (MVC), discusses the vital role of faculty governance in moving forward with open education initiatives. It will present the story of MVC's Course Materials Affordability Committee; how that body was created as a part of the community college's Faculty Senate, the reception […]
Cet évènement présentera le projet  FSPI « Accélération de la Transition numérique de l’enseignement supérieur au Moyen-Orient » de l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie , déployé dans trois Pays : Le Liban, La Palestine et l’Irak. Il s’agit d’un Framework d’innovation pédagogique reposant sur des scénarios pédagogiques ouverts permettant de concevoir et d’implémenter des classes inversées. Dans le […]
Open textbooks, a subset of open educational resources (OER) are digitally structured open textbooks, released in adaptable and shareable formats, with a Creative Commons  (CC) license. Open textbooks enable teachers to develop and update textbooks in alignment with their curricular needs and to improve students access to quality learning content. Pressbooks, a WordPress-based open textbooks […]
One of the biggest barriers to OER adoption and use is finding the right resource. In this session, we will look at some McMaster-specific resources that will help you in your search (including McMaster’s OER by Discipline Guide version 2.0), explore some OER repositories, and consider some strategies to fine tune your results. We will […]
Over a period of three semesters, the Mathematics department at Cosumnes River College transformed their entire STEM pathway to OER materials and textbooks using the LibreTexts platform. At this point, a student can earn an A.S. in Mathematics at CRC without paying anything for course materials (at least in the mathematics classes). Additionally, this transition […]
Open educational resources (OER) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) complement each other well to further accessible learning opportunities and support students' success. In this webinar, we will explore concepts like the social model of disability and how the UDL principle of "multiple means of representation" can be applied in the design of OER through […]
Whether you’re getting started with a new project or leading a mature open education initiative, the questions of how to demonstrate effectiveness, measure impact, and quantify value are always relevant. What do key stakeholders care about, and which metrics and proof points will resonate with them? As you build support for your initiative, what success […]
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he introduces College of Lake County faculty to LibreTexts, a user-friendly open education resource platform where educators can locate, customize, and share textbooks, adaptive homework, and other ancillary materials.
Listen to testimonials from the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program grantees in a panel discussion about their experiences developing and implementing OER to support student success.
Rajiv Jhangiani delivered a powerful keynote address at this year’s Open Education Conference. We’ll watch the recorded session synchronously via Zoom with the option to use the chat feature for real-time discussion. Hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources.
The purpose of the Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity (AVID) project is to create anatomical illustrations and short instructional videos that depict the diversity of humans, including people of different ages, sexes, body compositions, skin tones, hair colours and styles. People with amputations, prosthetics, tattoos and piercings are also portrayed in the images that have […]
This session is both a presentation and a discussion of how instructors and students engage with LibreTexts Open Educational Resources (OER) through a creative semester-long assignment. The three co-presenters -- one professor and her students -- share their perspectives on the use of LibreTexts as a foundation for a project in two different courses: interpersonal […]
Join the OER Dynamic Coalition webinar for Open Education Week. This annual event serves as a platform for global collaboration and learning in the field of Open Education. Our webinar aims to explore the evolving landscape of education in the digital age, focusing on the impact of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology. Through […]
Open source software is very effective in democratizing digital capabilities across a vast range of domains. As prime example, Moodle is an open source eLearning platform that powers hundreds of thousands of learning environments globally (it provides also the basic infrastructure for the Open Risk Academy). Yet contributing to open source faces the formidable barrier […]
Docteur en informatique, spécialité numérique éducatif Digitalisation de formations - FOAD/MOOC, Ndeye Massata Ndaye nous présentera l'Université Virtuelle du Sénégal, l'intérêt des ressources éducatives libres pour réduire les coûts d'accès à une éducation de qualité et les fruits du travail réalisé pour "apprendre les REL". Plus de détails à venir! Webinaire sur inscription!
Comprendre le domaine complexe de l'éducation ouverte et le différencier clairement de l'open source et de l'open science peut être délicat. Actuellement, l'accent est mis sur les open badges, mais quel est le sens et le lien entre toutes ces notions ouvertes ? Perrine de Coëtlogon, en collaboration avec la Direction de la scolarité de […]
Grasple, an official OpenStax partner, introduces a game-changing approach to teaching Calculus without a big time investment. By integrating the widely-used OpenStax Calculus Volume 1 seamlessly into our solution, we provide a plug-and-play course structure that requires minimal setup time and can be used free of charge. That means the teachers get interactive practice exercises […]
